Levites
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Levites
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[edit]Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈu̯iː.teːs/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯iːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈvi.tes/, [leˈviːt̪es]
Proper noun
[edit]Levītēs m (genitive Levītae); first declension
- a Levite
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Levītēs | Levītae |
genitive | Levītae | Levītārum |
dative | Levītae | Levītīs |
accusative | Levītēn | Levītās |
ablative | Levītē | Levītīs |
vocative | Levītē | Levītae |
References
[edit]- “Levites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Levites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.